Microsoft Office 2000/2003/Xp memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/Xp. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-0033. No exploit is available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/Xp (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2003 SP1 and SP2, Office XP SP3, Office 2000 SP3, and other products, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG image that triggers memory corruption when it is parsed.

The bug was discovered 07/11/2006. The weakness was published 07/11/2006 by Dejun Meng with Fortinet (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-0033 since 11/30/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2591 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22033 (MS06-039: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Filters Could Allow Remote Code Execution (915384)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110036 (Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Filters Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS06-039)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 6 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4524.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27562), Tenable (22033), SecurityFocus (BID 18913†), OSVDB (27147†) and Secunia (SA21013†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2364, VDB-2365, VDB-29423 and VDB-31237. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 22033
Nessus Name: MS06-039: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Filters Could Allow Remote Code Execution (915384)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Dejun Meng
Organization: Fortinet
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-0033 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0033
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31235

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X-Force: 27562
SecurityFocus: 18913 - Microsoft Office Malformed PNG File Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 21013 - Microsoft Office Image Filters Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 27147 - Microsoft Office PNG Processing Unspecified Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1016470
Vulnerability Center: 12233 - [MS06-039] Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution via Crafted PNG Image, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-2757

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 06/25/2025 06:42
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (83), 06/22/2019 10:22 (8), 01/04/2025 21:57 (16), 06/25/2025 06:42 (2)
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